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Let \( G \) be a simple undirected graph on n vertices, \( A(G) \) be its adjacency matrix. The nullity \( \eta (G) \) of the graph \( G \) is the multiplicity of the eigenvalue zero in its spectrum. In this paper, we characterize the bicyclic graphs with nullity \( n - 5 \).

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Zheng, Tt. (2013). Bicyclic Graphs with Nullity n−5. In: Yin, Z., Pan, L., Fang, X. (eds) Proceedings of The Eighth International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA), 2013. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 212. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37502-6_69

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